MIRIELLE

Mary UmbergerCHICAGO TRIBUNE

Town & Country Homes has begun sales at Mirielle, a community of single-family homes in northwest suburban Buffalo Grove.

Mirielle offers 10 floor plans for the 234 houses planned. The houses have 2,238 to 3,413 square feet with three to six bedrooms and 2 1/2 to three baths. The houses are base-priced from $276,900 to $356,900.

- Five lots remain at Avanti Ridge, a community of 27 homes in north suburban Northbrook.

Avanti Ridge is offering nine floor plans in two series; they range from from 2,952 to 4,455 square feet. The homes are base-priced from $369,000 to $509,900.

Avanti Ridge, a project of Brandess Homes, is at Dundee and Sanders Roads in Northbrook. Sales hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Monday. For information, call 708-564-9080.

- Five sites remain at Olde Grove Farm, a community of 59 custom homes in north suburban Vernon Hills. The remaining lots are priced from $59,000 to $124,000.

Olde Grove Farm is on Westmoreland Drive, east of Illinois Highway 83 in Vernon Hills. Sales hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. For information, call 708-367-0855.

- Coromandel in Deerfield has opened its first model home. The community, on the site of the former Sara Lee facility, is being developed by Optima Inc.

The development is at Waukegan and Kates Roads, a half-mile north of Lake-Cook Road. Coromandel is planned for 16 single-family manor homes, 68 two-story townhouses and 316 three-story condominiums. Base prices range from $117,000 to $391,000 for condominiums; $290,000 to $391,335 for townhouses; and $398,000 to $488,961 for manor homes.

The new model is one of three townhouse floor plans available; it has 2,243 square feet with three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.

In addition, 10 condominium designs are available, ranging from 844 to 2,352 square feet with one, two or three bedrooms. The manor homes range from 2,680 to 2,766 square feet with three or four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.

- Deer Point Homes Development Corp. has begun sales at the Woods of Greenbrier Park, a community of 35 single-family homes in northwest suburban Crystal Lake.

Three floor plans are offered, ranging from 1,800 to 2,200 square feet. The homes have three or four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths and are priced from $174,900 to $199,900.

The community is on Illinois Highway 31, just north of Illinois Highway 14 (Northwest Highway). Models of the homes available are open at the Sanctuary at Deer Point Trails on Illinois Highway 12, two miles west of Illinois Highway 83 in Hainesville. Sales hours in both locations are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. Call 815-477-4500 for information.

- Five lots and six homes ready for immediate occupancy remain in the Horizons series in in Country Walk in north suburban Round Lake Beach. The homes for immediate occupancy are priced from $172,000 to $213,000; the other five are base-priced from $168,990 to $185,990.

A development of Sundance Homes, Country Walk will include 1,200 single-family attached and detached homes in four series when complete; 111 homes are in the Horizon series. They range from 1,850 to 2,400 square feet and have three or four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.

Country Walk is on Cedar Lake Road, just north of Rollins Road in Round Lake Beach. Sales hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. For information, call 708-356-8221.

- A floor plan has been added at River Walk, a community of single-family homes in southwest suburban Plainfield. Developed by Timberview Development Corp., the community will include 55 single-family homes base-priced from $149,990 to $187,990.

Five floor plans are available, ranging from 1,600 to 2,254 square feet. The homes include three to four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. The new Rockwell design has 1,600 square feet and three bedrooms with an optional fourth bedroom available. The plan has 2 1/2 baths. It is base-priced from $149,990.

River Walk is at Illinois Highway 59 and Caton Farm Road. For information, call 815-436-5250.

- The Gammonley Group has 10 lots remaining at Ashburn Sound in south suburban Orland Park, a community planned for 43 custom homes on 26 acres.

The lots range from a third to a half acre and are priced from $100,000 to $129,500. Gammonly will build homes from its own plans, which have 2,710 to 3,666 square feet and start at $254,000, or from clients' plans.

Ashburn Sound is near 108th Avenue and 153rd Street, one mile west of La Grange Road. Sales hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For information, call 708-349-0001.

- Elizabeth Crossings, a community of townhouses in west suburban Lombard, has begun sales. Developed by Pasquinelli Inc., Elizabeth Crossings will include 109 residences priced from $137,990 to $166,990. Three models are scheduled to open in August.

Three designs are offered, ranging from 1,349 to 1,754 square feet and including two to three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths.

Elizabeth Crossings is on Main Street, two blocks north of 22nd Street in Lombard. Sales hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For information, call 708-495-0770.

- A floor plan has been added at the Pointe at Heron Harbor, a single-family community in Antioch.

Being developed by William Ryan Homes Inc., the Pointe at Heron Harbor is a master-planned community being developed in several phases, with phase I and II including 115 single-family homes.

Eight designs are available at the Pointe at Heron Harbor, priced from $159,000 to $199,990. They range from 1,815 to 2,600 square feet, with three to five bedrooms and 1 1/2 to three baths.

The new Ravinia design has 2,579 square feet with four bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Its base price is $199,990.

The Pointe at Heron Harbor is on Illinois Highway 59, just south of Illinois Highway 173. For information, call 708-395-1145.